Iran and six other countries are set to start the second day of a new round of talks over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear energy program in the Swiss city of Geneva.
The Iranian delegation is headed by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif; and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton is leading the teams from the six countries.

Ahead of the talks on Wednesday, Zarif and Ashton held a bilateral meeting, which was later described by the Iranian foreign minister as “good.”

Afterwards, the deputy foreign ministers of Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - the US, France, Britain, Russia and China - plus Germany held the first day of the negotiations while Zarif and Ashton briefly participated in the session.

In a Wednesday message on his Facebook page, which was also carried by IRNA, Zarif said that “serious and detailed talks” with Ashton on a potential “final agreement” will start on Thursday morning.

On the sidelines of the first day of the negotiations, Zarif and Abbas Araqchi, who is an Iranian deputy foreign minister and a member of the Iranian negotiating team, each held a one-on-one meeting with Sergei Ryabkov, the Russian representative to the talks.

Iran and the six countries are working to resolve the Western standoff over the Iranian nuclear energy program.

The previous round of the talks was held in Geneva on November 7-10.

By Press TV

 

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